"muzzle" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to refer to a device that is placed over an animal's mouth, in order to prevent it from biting or making a loud noise. For example: "The dog was wearing a muzzle to prevent it from barking."
He said he saw Valenzuela's muzzle flash and felt himself "like following through with my trigger".
The dog tilted his spotted muzzle and sniffed.
Since coming to power in 2010, he has overhauled the constitution, pushed through a law to muzzle the press and changed the electoral system to boost the mandate of the ruling party, lending him the nickname "Viktator" among domestic critics.
I will look for ways to contribute to education for women in parts of the world that still long to leash and muzzle half their population.
But instead of the dull click of a hammer followed by laughter, there was a muzzle flash, an explosion, and shock.
For many years I was involved in the International Press Institute – an organisation devoted to freedom of expression for journalists and always keen to argue with prime ministers and presidents who wished to muzzle dissent.
Camera traps create "a lot of very frozen-looking subjects – huge eye contact, muzzle looking right down the lens.
"The answer is not to muzzle citizens.
The news that some climate scientists tried to muzzle dissenting voices has spread like the common cold on conservative blogs, fuelling widespread suspicion that global warming is an elaborate hoax.
Last week it briefly jailed and tried to muzzle Mr Hazare, which guaranteed him wide publicity and sympathy instead.
The closer Venezuela comes to a legislative election that is due to be held sometime this year, the less voters will learn about the state of their country.In this section Maduro's muzzle Matadors on the march A jarring defeat The neglected art of biography ReprintsVenezuela's left-wing "Bolivarian" regime, in power since 1999, has long made life difficult for independent media.
